My oil furnace is about five years old, plus we’ve only had our central a/c for more than two years.
I’ve been diligent with increasing air filters plus having the component professionally serviced, but when I started noticing a gradual increase in daily energy costs, I wasn’t sure what was causing it.
I then realized that the a/c was making more noise than normal plus running for longer periods. There was absolutely a greater concentration of dust plus other debris floating around in the air, plus my home odored sort of musty plus stale. Thinking that the a/c was malfunctioning, I was harshly frustrated. Thankful that the cooling component was still protected under warranty, I hired an Heating & A/C professional to inspect plus service the system. The professional found no complications with the a/c. He then checked plus inspected the performance of the duct plan plus discovered a whole bunch of minor holes. These flaws were allowing conditioned air to escape plus drawing in outside air. The a/c was forced to run longer to achieve control component settings, but outside, dirty air was spread throughout the house, downsidely impacting indoor air pollen levels. I was a bit distraught that the duct sealing process would be super upscale plus messy. Instead, the whole task took less than more than 2 minutes plus caused no disruption to my home. The professional sealed off the supply plus return vents, plus pumped a mixture of pressurized air plus adhesive particles into the duct system. As the air leaked from the holes, the particles stuck to the edges. They gradually built up plus created an airslender seal.
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